Twitch Stream from October 27, 2024 - Chess

[@jluke6861]

Great Videos. Thank you.

[@harpAlmo]

I always enjoy your games, Jim. Thanks for all the posts.

[@niravapurv4578]

Thanks again for a nice video. One though as usual ;) At 6:45 I thought you had to play Ne4, or perhaps Nd1, to save the pawn. Nd1 looks too pasive/bad/weak, so Ne4 looks better, it does perhaps look a little wonderable there, but I can't see how black can dislodge it soon, at least black will need at least 3 moves to dislodge it. I think black played it wrong after... at 7:22 i think they should have taken the pawn on f2. After you play b3, Rh1 looks like waist of time. Your b3, and Bb2 idea was brilliant. Gone use that position in my small chess school on the subject of tactics: "hit and run". Now that Bb2 move is not a hit and run, but there is similarities. This is more run and defend. In hit and run, a piece takes something, and when opponent has to take something else due to the tactical possition. Then that piece that took something can remove it self from being take back(escape from a preasure) and take back on another square. This can for instance often be a knight in a opening that can take something in the senter and do a discovery attack on a pinning bishop on for instance g5, then when bishop has to take on e7 to not be lost, the knight that took a pawn on d5, can take back on e7 and so avoid being taken back. Happens often in openings. I call it the boomerang effect, but in chess normally its called hit and run. What you did here can be called run/escape and defend 😊. You even prepared Bb2 with b3, very nice played. Your opponent did not see what you was doing. I think if you did not find this, probably would have lost the bishop and the game. I think black should have played Rh1 already at 6:40, then if you defended with Ne2, then Re1, and white looks a bit paralysed. Not sure if its winning. Now ofc this is a blitz game and i now use time for look into one position that might not be avaliable in the game. But its interesting position to analyse.

[@jamesmccabe3041]

Great video. It can be a bit of work to win if the opponent brings their king up after the greek sacrifice but it was instructive seeing that h4 maneuvre.